Tom McLoughlin

Thomas Maurice "Tom" McLoughlin is an American screenwriter, film/television director and former mime who is most notable for directing ''Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives'' and ''One Dark Night''. His other credits include numerous television films such as ''Murder in Greenwich'', ''At Risk'', ''Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life'', ''Date with an Angel'' and the 2010 Lifetime Movie Network film ''The Wronged Man''.

In 1977, McLoughlin was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for his contributions to ''Van Dyke and Company'', a special starring Dick Van Dyke. Two years later, he portrayed the robot S.T.A.R. (Special Troops/Arms Regiment) in the Disney film ''The Black Hole.'' He also played (along with Kevin Peter Hall) Katahdin, the mutated bear in the 1979 horror film ''Prophecy''. Provided by Wikipedia